Hey
Fam!
This week was so much fun! Our Ward passed around these sign up sheets to spend
an hour with the
missionaries on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day so we got to go around and do all kinds of fun stuff with the members in our ward. We played apples to apples, phase 10, Scum President (wearing hats), ping pong, we sang sooo much, and my favorite, we launched mini pumpkins loaded with fireworks out of a sling shot :)
missionaries on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day so we got to go around and do all kinds of fun stuff with the members in our ward. We played apples to apples, phase 10, Scum President (wearing hats), ping pong, we sang sooo much, and my favorite, we launched mini pumpkins loaded with fireworks out of a sling shot :)
The weather here has been super funky.. In the passed 48 hours we have received
at least a foot of snow and the temps keep going from like 30 to -5 and back.
I'm not sure if it has to do with the weather but my body pretty much shut down
for 2 days and I slept like 35 hours out of the last 48.. Good news is I
feel great today :)
I finished the Book of Mormon! It was one of my goals to read it 3 times this
year. While I was about halfway through my second reading President Mecham
asked me to start over and do a specific scripture marking so I technically
only read it 2.5 times this year but I'm okay with that :) I have
really become a fan of making goals as a missionary. I have some pretty lofty
goals set already for 2015. I invite you all to take the time necessary
to prayerfully set goals for this upcoming year and then hold yourself
responsible and do your best to achieve them. One of my favorite quotes from
President Thomas S Monson is found on page 150 of Preach My Gospel where he says,"When
performance is measured, performance improves. When performance
is measured and reported, the rate of improvement increases." I have
def found this to be true! I have learned that when I give an
accounting of my
day to God in prayer at night He shows me many things I did not realize
throughout that day. I usually am led to realize, with His help, I
accomplished a lot more than I thought that day, I see His hand in my life and
the lives of others, and I feel I am much more capable of having the righteous
desires of my heart. Planning is so important and I feel when we counsel with
God and do our best to align our plan with His plan then we set ourselves up
for a future full of Joy and Happiness.
It was so awesome to Skype with you all on Christmas! I really enjoyed hearing
your voices and seeing you all together as a family :) I am so excited for what
this next year will bring! Thank you all for all you do for me. I am so blessed
and feel so honored to have each of you in my life. I love you all and hope you
have a happy and safe new year!
-Elder Holland
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